case1801: Obesity and Heart Disease

Description

To better understand whether the relationship between heart disease and
obesity could be due to the social stigma associated with obesity, researchers
examined cardiovascular disease rates of obese and non-obese women in American
Samoa, where obesity was considered socially desirable. 3,112 women were
categorized according to whether they were obese or not and whether they died
from cardiovascular disease (CVD).